It's hitting...

It's finally hitting me. I'm home. I am back. God has me HERE in Northern Illinois for a purpose unlike anything I've done before. Oh my goodness.

This is a picture of my classmates from the past semester. We did EVERYTHING together. Laughed, cried, climbed mountains, tried new things, studied, read thousands of pages, sat through class, ate, played games, and so much more. Basically, collectively we are EPIC. We are "heroic or grand in scale or character". Love it. The lessons I learned through my classmates and professors were beyond anything I expected for the semester. People at home keep asking me what the best part was, if I got everything out of it that I expected, what the worst part was, how I feel being home, etc. I simply don't have answers yet. I'm floating on the clouds of thankfulness. I am beyond thankful for everything I learned, everything I experienced, everyone I met, everything I did. Everything.

Here is to you Focus Leadership Institute-Class of Fall 2010. You all have impacted my life. The honesty you spoke with, the advice, the vulnerability. Everything you gave to the experience. You are all phenomenal.